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" I've noticed with my own kids, it seems like they have so much more homework than I did. "
John Lasseter
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Kids
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" I never quite understood why Disney hadn't made a sincere fairy tale since 'Beauty and the Beast.' "
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" One of the big moments of my life was watching 'Star Wars' on its opening weekend in Hollywood. I was watching all these people enjoy this film, and I thought: animation can do this. "
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" The greatest bad guys, you understand where they're coming from. They believe they're doing the right thing. Sometimes it's for greed, sometimes it's for other reasons, but they are what they call the center of good. They always believe they're doing the right thing. "
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" The magic of Disneyland, walking through the tunnel underneath the train station to Main Street, it just transports you to other places and other times. "
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" I love 3-D. I have been a big fan of 3-D for a long, long time. I took my 1988 wedding pictures in 3-D! "
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" I loved animation and cartoons, even when it was not cool when you were in high school. I raced home to see the Bugs Bunny cartoons. "
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" I have met a lot of top chefs around the world during my travels. Each one of them has said 'Ratatouille' is their favorite movie and the only movie that truly captures what they do. "
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" Sunday, for me, is all about being home with the family with no plans. "
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" 'Bambi' is an amazing film, and when you watch it today, it's just as beautiful. It's timeless. It's just as beautiful today as it was back then. "
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" Pixar films are not realistic. They are believable for the worlds we are creating. "
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" I worry about kids today not having time to build a tree house or ride a bike or go fishing. I worry that life is getting faster and faster. "
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Time
" In computer animation, every detail has to be thought out, designed, modeled, shaded, placed and lit. The more you add, the more computer memory you need. "
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You
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" When I was a freshman in high school, I read a book about the making of Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' called 'The Art of Animation.' It was this weird revelation for me, because I hadn't considered that people actually get paid to make cartoons. "
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People
School
Book
" I believe God is in the details. "
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God
" The specific influences on villains to me is, I love the villains who are really hyper-smart. When at the end of the movie you find out what they were about, and it makes absolutely perfect sense from their point of view. "
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Love
Me
" To me, I would much rather be part of a healthy industry than being the only player in a dead industry. "
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" I don't believe that an animation studio should be an executive-driven studio. "
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" I think that as I had children, I have five sons, and they got into video games and were the prime ages through the development of video games. It was so much fun seeing them play the games and seeing it through their eyes. "
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" Car love is the sound of a throaty V-8 rumbling and revving, the acceleration throwing you back in the seat - especially when you get on a beautiful, winding road and the light's dappling through the trees. "
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" In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family. "
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Entertainment
" 'Cars' is a really personal story for me because, first of all, I grew up in Los Angeles - the car crazy capital. "
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" My father pulled into Pearl Harbor four days after the bombing, and he said, everything was still burning. He said they never told the public how bad it was. It was really bad. "
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" Pixar is not about computers, it's about people. "
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" I love the work of Hayao Miyazaki. 'My Neighbor Totoro' and 'Castle in the Sky' are two of the great films that he's made that I just love. "
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" I am so proud that 'Up' is Pixar's 10th film. I think it's the funniest film that we've ever made and also one of the most beautiful. "
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" I think the best movie ever made was 'Dumbo.' "
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Ever
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" I don't really think of myself as a businessman at all. That's why I have the 'chief creative officer' role. "
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" Of all studios that should be doing 2-D animation, it should be Disney. "
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" When you can have a character that the audience likes from the beginning, but then you put them in a situation where they grow - I think that gives it a lot of heart. "
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